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Excellent open-air museum, recreating life in the area from 1820 to the 1950s.
Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located in County Durham, England. Beamish pioneered the concept of a living museum. By displaying duplicates or replaceable items, it was also an early example of the now commonplace practice of museums allowing visitors to touch objects.
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Standard-gauge heritage railway, it's been variously horse-drawn, rope-winched by static steam engines, and from 1881 steam-hauled. On Sundays trains puff 3 miles between East Tanfield and Sunniside, with the main display of locos and rolling stock midway at Marley Hill.